00227

Longevity

After winning the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, Carl Lewis was asked by Bryant Gumbel on The Today Show:  “You have competed for almost 20 years.  To what do you attribute your longevity?”

Lewis, perhaps the greatest track and field athlete of all time, did not hesitate with his answer:  “Remembering that you have both wins and losses along the way.  Don’t take either one too seriously.”

Leadership, Spring 1997, Sherman L. Burford, Fairmont, West Virginia, page 71